Steven A. Olson, MD
Hip Arthroscopist, Hip Specialist, Orthopaedic Surgeon, Orthopaedic Trauma Surgeon
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About Me
Over time, my practice has evolved into a mixture of caring for injury-related conditions and degenerative conditions. My practice now focuses on the care and treatment of conditions of the hip. In the past 10 years, I have had the opportunity to gain extensive experience in hip arthroscopic techniques. I treat fractures and dislocations of the hip and pelvis, osteotomy for dysplasia and deformity of the hip, and arthroscopy of sports and degenerative injuries of the hip. I perform hip replacement when it is indicated. I was born and raised in Missouri. As a boy, I worked in my father's service station. Neither of my parents attended college, and I am the first person in my family to enter the medical field. The values of hard work and commitment to continual personal improvement are lessons from my youth. I began my practice at Duke in 2000.
- Goldner Jones Distinguished Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery 2022
- Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery 2007
- Affiliate of the Duke Regeneration Center, Duke Regeneration Center 2021
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Areas of Expertise
- Hip Dysplasia
- Femoral Acetabular Impingement
- Hip Arthritis
- Hip and Pelvis Fractures
- Abductor Tendon Tears
- Hip Replacement Surgery
- Hip Disease
- Hip Fractures
- Periacetabular Osteotomy
- Hip Arthroscopy
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Training and Education
Clinical Focus and Research
- Lower Extremity Shaft Nail Registry (LESN) awarded by Medical Device Business Services, Inc. 2022 - 2025
- Furman, B. D., K. A. Kimmerling, C. L. Wu, D. Little, F. Guilak, and S. A. Olson. Survey of Animal Models in PostTraumatic Arthritis: Choosing the Right Model to Answer the Right Question. Philadelphia, PA: Springer, 2015.
- Sethi, M. K., A. A. Jahangir, W. T. Obremskey, M. Bhandari, M. B. Harris, M. D. McKee, S. A. Olson, P. Tornetta, R. W. Sanders, and A. H. Schmidt. Orthopedic traumatology: An evidence-based approach, 2013. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-3511-2.
- Olson, Steven A., and Mark C. Reilly. Acetabular and Pelvic Fractures. Amer Academy of Orthopaedic, 2006.
- Horne, Phillip H., and Steven A. Olson. “Direct anterior approach for total hip arthroplasty using the fracture table.” Curr Rev Musculoskelet Med 4, no. 3 (September 2011): 139–45. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12178-011-9087-6.
- Lewis, J. S., W. C. Hembree, B. D. Furman, L. Tippets, D. Cattel, J. L. Huebner, D. Little, et al. “Acute joint pathology and synovial inflammation is associated with increased intra-articular fracture severity in the mouse knee.” Osteoarthritis Cartilage 19, no. 7 (July 2011): 864–73. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joca.2011.04.011.
- Backus, Jonathon D., Bridgette D. Furman, Troy Swimmer, Collin L. Kent, Amy L. McNulty, Louis E. Defrate, Farshid Guilak, and Steven A. Olson. “Cartilage viability and catabolism in the intact porcine knee following transarticular impact loading with and without articular fracture.” J Orthop Res 29, no. 4 (April 2011): 501–10. https://doi.org/10.1002/jor.21270.
- Woyski, D. S., S. A. Olson, and B. D. Lewis. “Surgical Technique: Post-less, Single-Table Combined Periacetabular Osteotomy and Arthroscopy.” In Hip Arthroscopy and Hip Joint Preservation Surgery: Second Edition, 931–49, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-43240-9_185.
- Olson, S. A., and F. Guilak. “Arthritis that develops after joint injury: Is it post-traumatic arthritis or post-traumatic osteoarthritis?” In Post-Traumatic Arthritis: Pathogenesis, Diagnosis and Management, 3–6, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-7606-2_1.
- Olson, S. A., and R. A. Probe. “Outcome assessment in orthopaedic traumatology.” In Skeletal Trauma, edited by B. Browner, J. Jupiter, C. Krettek, and P. Anderson. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier/WB Saunders and Company, 2015.
- Huebner, Janet L., Bridgette D. Furman, Nikolay D. Perumov, Elizabeth M. Reams, Virginia B. Kraus, and Steven A. Olson. “MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE-9 IS ACTIVATED ACUTELY IN A PRECLINICAL MOUSE MODEL OF CLOSED ARTICULAR FRACTURE.” In OSTEOARTHRITIS AND CARTILAGE, 32:S116–17, 2024.
- Furman, B. D., K. A. Kimmerling, S. Ramamoorthy, Y. -. J. Li, Y. -. H. Wu, J. L. Huebner, F. Guilak, V. B. Kraus, and S. A. Olson. “Articular fracture upregulates lipid metabolites in human synovial fluid.” In Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, 25:S381–S381. Elsevier BV, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joca.2017.02.652.
- Huebner, J. L., B. D. Furman, K. A. Kimmerling, S. A. Olson, F. Guilak, and V. B. Kraus. “Identification of biomarkers indicative of synovitis in the mouse articular fracture model of PTA.” In Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, 25:S104–S104. Elsevier BV, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joca.2017.02.165.
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Aetna
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Ambetter
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*Duke HomeCare and Hospice does not participate in the plan.
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Experience Health
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NC Medicaid
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TRICARE
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United Healthcare
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*Duke HomeCare and Hospice and mental health providers do not participate with the plan.
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**Duke Health does not participate in UHC plans on the Health Insurance Marketplace.
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